Matching Shelves!

First of all, please excuse the messy desk!!! I have some serious cleaning up to do in my craft area.

Well, My Dad has been at it again! This time he’s built shelves to go on top of my 6 foot table. It gives me more space in my already small room to work. He made them specifically so that my Cricut and Cuttlebug would slide under them for storage.

I haven’t totally decided if everything I have piled on top of them and under them is staying where it is now, but I’m trying to get an idea of what I always want to be closest to me when I’m making cards and scrapbooking!

Thanks Dad! You know I love them!

A Picture is worth 1000 words!

Four scans later, and I”m confident I have a clean machine! WOOHOO!!!

So, I’ve been sick the last few days. Yesterday was probably the worst of it. I didn’t do much of anything at all yesterday. I was sitting in my chair watching some TV yesterday afternoon when Jack, my dog, started acting odd. I assumed he needed to go outside. I wasn’t thrilled to get out of my chair, cause frankly I had no energy, but it was easier than cleaning up a potential mess if I avoided him.

I drag myself up, and come into the hallway to find this:

You see, those pillows HAD been sitting vertical all lined up next to the blankets on that table. Jack’s problem with that is that his little yellow ball went UNDER the table and he couldn’t get it. He figured if he could get all the pillows out of the way he’d be able to find it!!! When he saw that I was getting up, he ran out ahead of me and stood there! So proud of his work. How could I not laugh?!?! So of course, I had to snap a picture, and yes, I will scrapbook it!

Important Lessons!

So … let’s talk Internet Security shall we?

Last night I was google-ing along and came across a site that wanted to do an auto-download. Now, I know not to click Ok. Part of my job is IT afterall.

Well, since I wasn’t really paying much attention, instead of clicking CANCEL (like you all should if you’re not sure about an auto-download) I ended up clicking OK by accident. UGH! Let me just tell you – that shot my night.

I spent several hours last night fighting the dang Trojan virus. It hijacked my internet browser – not good.

Before you ask – YES, I have antivirus on my computers. I use McAfee on both of my computers. And yes, it did catch the virus – but not in time. It had already changed entries in my registery. Talk about a nightmare. So, while McAfee did clear the virus, the damage was done.

Now – let me tell you about the best program out there! It’ll save you a trip to a computer tech – and some money most likely.

Spyware Doctor from PC Tools is fantastic!!!!!!!! It costs $30! And within about 90 minutes of downloading it – everything was back to normal on my desktop!!!!!! I’m soooo happy about that. The $30 is actually a year long subscription and works in conjuntion with your current antivirus. It goes deeper though, and is able to clean out the registery as well. (NO, I’m not affliated with either site, just a happy customer!)

Anyway, so, friendly warning, just be careful about what you download and click on! But if you do have a problem, there is a great problem out there that’ll help!

Tonight I’m taking the time to run another McAfee full scan, another Spy Doctor scan, and a Spybot scan. Once all those run and clear my machine one more time, then I can start posting artwork again (and yes, I have several things to post)!!!!

Colors and Punches

The colors for my last card were (all CTMH):

Sweet Leaf
New England Ivy
Blush
Hollyhock

And the Slot Punch and Round Tab Punch are both from Stampin’ Up.

For Amanda – Blue Socks!

Ok Amanda – here you go! It’s a classy look and I know you’re just jealous of it!

New Paper Storage!

I’m so excited! My Dad has been working on some paper storage for me and my Mom. He’s come up with a paper tower which will replace the wire racks we’ve both been using. The cool thing is it uses the racks as shelves. He’s making each of us 2 of them and I can’t wait to get it! Here’s a pic of the finished product!

Why there have been no new cards …

Well, my family all left yesterday and now I’m back to an empty house. I’ve been revelling in that! The house needs clean, and the yard needs attention, but I’ll get to that!

In the meantime, I have major problems in my craft room. In the past 2 weeks things have piled up some. Due to my current living situation, my craft room is also my bedroom. So, it can get a bit tight at times.

Here’s what I’m up against! I hope to post pics again once I get it all cleaned and re-organized.

Quick Check in!

Hey everyone,

I’m still here! My brother and sister in law got into town early Monday morning. They’re moving back from Italy! So needless to say I’ve been away from the computer, and most everything else the last couple of nights. I hope to get some new cards posted tonight though!

I’ve been Tagged!

Hi everyone!

I’ve been working on a project for a birthday the last couple of nights – so that’s why no card. I’ll post it when I’m done. Likely next week sometime.

In the mean time, I’ve been tagged … for the first time!!!

TheDvineMsM has tagged me!

I have to list 7 things about myself!

1 – I have 2 Toy Poodles – Jack and Benny!
2 – I hate wearing shoes and socks! If possible, I would wear sandals all year round.
3 – I have 2 tattoos currently, and want a third. My brother is a tattoo artist … so one of these days!
4 – My favorite tv show right now is The Office.
5 – I live in the house I grew up in … for now.
6 – I’ve been to 33+ US States, 6 Canadian Provinces, Spain, France, Italy, Mexico and The Grand Caymans.
7 – I have more card making and scrapbook making supplies than anyone could ever need … but I keep buying more!

Now I need to Tag 7 other bloggers! Fingers crossed I can find 7 who haven’t been tagged!

*My friend Melissa over at Socalscrapper has started a blog as well!
*I love Julanne’s blog atGlitterfreak
*Jennifer at Makings from Scratch
*Yvonne at Stamp Your Art Out
*Shannon over at Cherished Keepsakes
*Inkin’ and Thinkin’ – she has great altered items!

Ok – I have only listed 6, and while I have over 100 blogs listed in my Bloglines list, most of them have already been tagged! So 6 it is!!!

Internet Problems …

Hello!

I’m having internet problems at home right now. It might be fixed today, but if not, it’ll be Monday before I post again!!!

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Birthday Card and Chipboard Books!

Well, I’ve spent the last 4 days with some scrapping friends. They left today, and it’s back to the grind tomorrow.

I actually got quite a lot accomplished this weekend. I finished a scrapbook that is for a gift – it’s a total of 16 pages so not too shabby at all. Plus I made several cards, some of which you’ve seen over the past few days.

I also got to play with a couple of new gadgets this weekend. She has a Bind It All machine! I love this thing! As you can see from the pic, I practiced quite a bit with it, and most likely will be buying my own when they go on sale again at the LSS. I don’t know what I’m going to do with all of these, but I’m sure I’ll have fun figuring it out.

The other toy was a Cuttlebug Embossing folder. She uses hers in her old Sizzix die cutter. It works great. I instantly needed the folders. I was completely bummed though that I would seemingly have to spend $80 on the Cuttlebug itself though. At about midnight we had a brainstorm though. I have the QK Revolution. Well – we made a shim out of chipboard and voila! Works like a charm. So, I’m off to order a few of the folders and can’t wait to get them! In the mean time, I pre-embossed some pieces of cardstock to have while I wait.

Here’s a Birthday card I made with the Birthday Embossing folder.

Recipe:
Papers: CTMH – White, Sweet Leaf, Hollyhock
Stamps: CTMH – Birthday Bash
Inks: CTMH – Sunflower, Hollyhock, Grey Wool
Accessores: CTMH – Designer Ribbon; Cuttlebug – Birthday Embossing Folder

New Look … changes!

Hi Everyone!

Well, I had to change the look on my Blog. I found out this morning that my original theme didn’t look right on anything lower than IE 7.0. So, I found a theme that does work, and that I actually like a lot better!

I hope to add more cards tonight! Stay Tuned!